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Home Care - 2.5.4 In-depth interviews with PLHA who were not receiving home based care
2.5.4 In-depth interviews with PLHA who were not receiving home based care.
For comparison purposes, a small number of PLHA who were not receiving home based care were interviewed. The numbers (10 in Phnom Penh, and 7 in Battambang) were too small to be considered a control group. Nevertheless, these interviews served to provided a useful basis for comparison and helped to triangulate findings from other data sources.
The numbers were restricted largely because of both logistic and ethical constraints in identifying and interviewing PLHA who were not being visited by home care teams. In Phnom Penh, 10 identified PLHA attending as out-patients or in-patients at Sihanouk hospital were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The patients were first screened to ensure that they were not receiving home based care.
In Battambang, one of the two Khana-supported NGOs providing home based care ceased to operate 4 months ago, after the home care team had been visiting patients for over 3 months. With the assistance of staff from the District hospital, 7 patients who had been receiving home care visits from the team were located, and interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The objective was to discern what change (if any) there had been in the quality of their lives since the home care team had ceased visiting.
For comparison purposes, a small number of PLHA who were not receiving home based care were interviewed. The numbers (10 in Phnom Penh, and 7 in Battambang) were too small to be considered a control group. Nevertheless, these interviews served to provided a useful basis for comparison and helped to triangulate findings from other data sources.
The numbers were restricted largely because of both logistic and ethical constraints in identifying and interviewing PLHA who were not being visited by home care teams. In Phnom Penh, 10 identified PLHA attending as out-patients or in-patients at Sihanouk hospital were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The patients were first screened to ensure that they were not receiving home based care.
In Battambang, one of the two Khana-supported NGOs providing home based care ceased to operate 4 months ago, after the home care team had been visiting patients for over 3 months. With the assistance of staff from the District hospital, 7 patients who had been receiving home care visits from the team were located, and interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The objective was to discern what change (if any) there had been in the quality of their lives since the home care team had ceased visiting.